{"id":3071,"date":"2022-02-27T19:43:49","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/?p=3071"},"modified":"2022-02-27T19:43:49","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T00:43:49","slug":"closing-the-month-of-sankofa-with-ancestral-prayer-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/index.php\/2022\/02\/27\/closing-the-month-of-sankofa-with-ancestral-prayer-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing the Month of Sankofa with Ancestral Prayer and Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.atlcustoms.com\/goodgenes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/02\/ancestral-healing-and-prayer-at-hillside-2.26.2022-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3072\" \/><figcaption>The gathering for ancestral prayer and healing at Hillside International Truth Center, Atlanta, GA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On a warm Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, Hillside&#8217;s Presiding Bishop Dr. Jack L. Bomar, led the sacred, community &#8220;Ancestral Prayer&#8221; ceremony. It included drumming that girded the rhymical and ancestral honoring blessings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/african-libation-practice_b_3253814\">with the pouring of libations <\/a>by Hillside member Sharon A. Smith. Today, she said, &#8220;I am the High Priestess&#8221; while acknowledging the oldest person attending the ceremony to give her the permission to continue.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ceremony was the culmination of a monthlong series of genealogy workshops led by the Good Genes Genealogy Services team. GGGS donated its services to its host, <a href=\"https:\/\/hillsideinternational.org\/\">Hillside International Truth Center<\/a>, which is undergoing a massive renovation on the church&#8217;s nearly 50-year-old facility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The outdoor ceremony was highlighted by Bishop Bomar leading the attendees in a process that began with everyone listing their ancestors on a blue sheet of paper. Everyone was asked to call the names of the ancestors and affirm the following prayer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/annwead.files.wordpress.com\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3074\" width=\"780\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022.jpg 2510w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022-1024x620.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022-768x465.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022-1536x930.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goodgenesgenealogy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/sankofa-ancestral-prayer-2.26.2022-2048x1239.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><figcaption>Some 60 persons recited the prayer and continued their family ceremony to remove any negative Karma they felt towards ancestors, and they symbolically cancelled all ancestral debt with the purpose of their families moving forward in all levels of prosperity.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On a warm Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, Hillside&#8217;s Presiding Bishop Dr. Jack L. Bomar, led the sacred, community &#8220;Ancestral Prayer&#8221; ceremony. It included drumming that girded the rhymical and ancestral honoring blessings with the pouring of libations by Hillside member Sharon A. Smith. 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